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It looks to me like the Russians are still playing along with the Soviet model where they have two engine suppliers. For the fighter engines that would be Saturn and Salyut. And for the large turbofans this is Aviadvigatel and Kuznetsov.

I think it is kind of messed up and excessive duplication. What makes it even worse is that to maintain the existing aviation park they ended up restarting production of components and upgrades for a paraphernalia of older engines. For example the NK-32-02 was supposed to fix some of the duplication. It was meant to be a modernized and upgraded NK-32 engine that would replace the NK-32 in the Tu-160 and the NK-25 in the Tu-22M3. It would also be used as the initial engine for the PAK-DA.

Yet what did happen? The NK-32-02 is used in the Tu-160M. The NK-25 in some modernized variant is used in the Tu-22M3M. And this is just what Kuznetsov is producing. The NK-32-02 wouldn't physically fit in the available Tu-22M3 airframes. That is why they stuck with the NK-25.

sunnymaxi said:

does D-18T is even worth of this investment. i heard that, this engine is highly inefficient and poor MBTO. only 150 hours

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I kind of doubt it is. They would probably have to modernize it.

sunnymaxi said:

Izdeliye RF is Izdeliye 30's variant for strategic bomber ?

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No. It is a whole new engine just for the strategic bomber PAK-DA. Izdeliye RF is being developed by Kuznetsov while Izdeliye 30 is being developed by Saturn. If it is true that the PAK-DA will initially use the NK-32-02 and switch to the Izdeliye RF later, then the Izdeliye RF is going to be a much larger engine.

sunnymaxi said:

it is indeed hell of a job for Russian ministry to manage all technicians and engineers of all these projects. this is the reason why PD-14 currently using PS-90 production line.

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They restarted or expanded production for the older engine models to get people working again. Unfortunately since the old production facilities were seriously dilapidated, this required massive upgrades in some cases. Then they financed those engine upgrade programs. And now you have the new engine programs.

gelgoog said:

It looks to me like the Russians are still playing along with the Soviet model where they have two engine suppliers. For the fighter engines that would be Saturn and Salyut. And for the large turbofans this is Aviadvigatel and Kuznetsov.

I think it is kind of messed up and excessive duplication. What makes it even worse is that to maintain the existing aviation park they ended up restarting production of components and upgrades for a paraphernalia of older engines. For example the NK-32-02 was supposed to fix some of the duplication. It was meant to be a modernized and upgraded NK-32 engine that would replace the NK-32 in the Tu-160 and the NK-25 in the Tu-22M3. It would also be used as the initial engine for the PAK-DA.

Yet what did happen? The NK-32-02 is used in the Tu-160M. The NK-25 in some modernized variant is used in the Tu-22M3M. And this is just what Kuznetsov is producing. The NK-32-02 wouldn't physically fit in the available Tu-22M3 airframes. That is why they stuck with the NK-25.


I kind of doubt it is. They would probably have to modernize it.


No. It is a whole new engine just for the strategic bomber PAK-DA. Izdeliye RF is being developed by Kuznetsov while Izdeliye 30 is being developed by Saturn. If it is true that the PAK-DA will initially use the NK-32-02 and switch to the Izdeliye RF later, then the Izdeliye RF is going to be a much larger engine.


They restarted or expanded production for the older engine models to get people working again. Unfortunately since the old production facilities were seriously dilapidated, this required massive upgrades in some cases. Then they financed those engine upgrade programs. And now you have the new engine programs.

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They will need to have some hard recruiting to be able to support all of that ! Technical labor is one thing but engineering workforce take a lot of time to keep and build.

Lancet not only has additional twin eyes but a new dual warhead designed to cut through anti drone netting. Improvements gradually asplied through piecemeal in production batches till they culminate in a complete new version. Latest improvements include targeting with thermals.

Loading the Russian Avangard intercontinental missile into the silo. Russian strategic troops continue to rearm with Avangard intercontinental ballistic missiles. Previously, we talked about the Avangard intercontinental ballistic missile with a hypersonic warhead; the link to the video is in the comments to the video. The video shows the loading of a rocket into the silo of the Yasnensky missile compound using a hydraulic transport and loading unit. The operation is technologically complex and lasts several hours. When attacking, the Avangard hypersonic warhead glides through the atmosphere at a speed of 9 and a half kilometers per second. The warhead of the Avangard complex is controllable and maneuvers independently. At the moment, no missile defense systems capable of intercepting it have been created.

Testing continues at Vostochny's Angara launch pad. Testing is being made with an actual full size test article of the Angara launcher lower stack. They will be testing if the fuel pumping operations to the rocket work as expected.

Looking forward to the time where Vostochny finally launched a Human rated payload.

Stealthflanker said:

Looking forward to the time where Vostochny finally launched a Human rated payload.

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Unfortunately that won't be happening anytime soon. Neither of the pads is designed for human space flight. They lack crew access facilities to the top of the rocket so they can ingress into the capsule.

The S-60 AA gun from the '50s is having a revival in this war.


Yet another MT-LB conversion, with a 25mm AA 2M-3M gun, spotted in Avdiivka and belonging to the 60th Brigade. The gun is previously used with ships.

Footage of exercises, Russian pontoon-ferry units and the creation of a river crossing using the PP-2005 pontoon-bridge fleet have been published. The pontoon fleet of PP-2005 vehicles is designed for the construction and maintenance of bridges and ferry crossings. If you are interested in the work of the Russian engineering troops, the link to the video in the comments of the video shows the installation of a bridge using a Russian TMM-3M2 machine. The Russian pontoon fleet PP-91M entered service in 2008 and uses the KamAZ-63501 chassis. In 2013, the PP-2005M pontoon fleet was put into service. In the USSR there were four manufacturers of pontoon vehicles of the PMP type, considered the best in the world, but now only one company, Okskaya Shipyard, operates in Russia. The pontoon fleet of PP-91M vehicles includes: 32 river units, 8 motor units MZ-330, 4 towing motor boats BMK-225. The pontoon fleet of PP-2005 machines allows you to create a bridge crossing with a carrying capacity of up to 120 tons and a ferry crossing with a carrying capacity of up to 190 tons. The maximum length of the bridge from the vehicle park kit is up to 284 meters, creation time is up to 40 minutes. All elements of the pontoon complex are transported on 42 KamAZ-63501 and URAL 53236 vehicles.

Rostec is considering the option of creating robotic platforms based on the Russian MLRS "Smerch" and "Tornado-S", work in this direction is already underway. This was stated by the industrial director of the complex of conventional weapons, ammunition and special chemicals of the state corporation Bekhan Ozdoev. Unfortunately, it is not known what exactly will change, whether the MLRS will arrive at positions themselves and work autonomously, or whether the level of automation of the MLRS will simply increase. Now the 300 mm Smerch MLRS is the most powerful and long-range Russian MLRS, capable of striking at a range of up to 120 km, and with new missiles being developed up to 200 km.